An Education In Escape: Madame Bovary And Reading
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A theme throughout Flaubert's Madame Bovary is escape versus
confinement. In the novel Emma Bovary attempts again and again to escape the
ordinariness of her life by reading novels, having affairs, day dreaming, moving
from town to town, and buying luxuries items. It is Emma's early education
desc ....
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.... company of
the nuns, who, to amuse her, would take her into the chapel by way of a long
corridor leading from the dining hall. She played very little during the
recreation period and knew her catechism well. (Flaubert 30.)Footnote1
The chapter is also filled with images of girls living with in the
protective walls of the convent, the girls sing happily together, assemble to
study, and pray. But as the chapter progresses images of escape start to
dominate. But these are merely visual ....
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